Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 165, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 November 1923 — Page 10

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Main Street Shoe Clerk Finds Rainbow; Greenwich Follies Is a Good Big Show

BY WALTER D. HICKMAN M r— AIN Street comes to life again. The old street is found in Caesar Dunn’s new comedy in three acts, "A King for a Day,” which saw the light of the world at English’s last night. It was quite proper that Indinaapolis and English’s Theater should bevthe scene of the first showing of this new play on any stage because Gregory' Kelly is the Main Street shoe clerk who finds a pot, of gold at the end of a rainbow. Also because Grace Valentine, an Indianapolis actress, is in the cast. Now let us consider first what Dunn has done In ‘‘A King for a Day.” He d<jes not poke fun at Main Street nor (Ims he make funny paper characters out of those who walk the old street. He tells a little story of a small town shoe clerk who thinks he is going to Inherit a million dollars when his cranky old uncle dies, but Unkie decides not to kick the bucket, so to speak. This leaves the shoe clerk In a terrible condition because he had purchased a Packard automobile, a diamond neckless, a diamond ring and a dress suit, including a silk hat and a cane on the condition that an undertaker was to visit uncle soon. It is no easy task to take away a diamond neckless and a ring from the girl a fellow loves and it is Indeed a rather delicate subject for a chap to be commanded to hand over at once the dress suit he is wearing at a party not to even mention the cane and the silk hat. But then, of course, the shoe clerk goes back to the shoe store. He becomes wealthy when a shoe patent suddenly takes on real value. It also develops that uncle is a good scout after all when he discovers that his bad temper is due to a bad beginning In love.

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everybody happy. So the curtain goes down with New Show Has Good Chance to Be Successful It is my personal opinion that when some slight changes are made in the text as well as the business that “A King for a Day” has a mighty good chance to win on itfl merit as a play. It has a sort of a lingering quality to it. I felt glad after leaving the theater that I had seen it. And I believe that this? lingering quality of admiration will act In favor of this new play. It Is wholesome, clean and entertaining without being too forced. There must be happy endings to all plays. That the theater going public has commanded and Dunn has lived up to that ultimatum. When I recall that “The Deep Tangled Wildwood” failed in Chicago and New York, one hesitates to know just what the public will support and like. I have never pretended to know that. I know when I see merit both in a story and in the acting. I am not throwing flowers at myself, because some shows that I have liked tremendously have been removed to theatrical graves. I hold myself responsible in liking "A King for a Day.” I believe there Is genuine American comedy In it. Light, yes, but good Yankee humor and situations. Four People Stand Out In an Interesting Cast The acting honors go to Gregory Kelly as the shoe clerk, to Madeleine Fairbanks as his sweetheart, to Grace Valentine as Mazie Dean, a small town wise girl, and to John T. Doyle as the rich uncie of the shoe clerk. Because this show is brand new, I give you the cast in full as follows: Mszie Dean Grace Valentine Mr. Goldstein Morris Black Evangeline Gay Mary Harper Mrs. Dwight Allen Prances Brandt June Allen Madeleine Fairbanks

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Horace Riggs . Arnold Lucy Ardy Whittaker Gregory Kelly P. J. Hannerton Willard Barton Robert Riggs Edward H Wover Ira Whittaker John T. Doyle Dr. Miller George B. George Lily Edythe Raymore Mr. Rogers . .William H. Dorbin Mr. Gatescu Warburton Guilbert Kelly is the right choice as Andy. It Is going to be a great part for him when he gets a little better acquainted with the "business” possibilities of the part. He puts a touch of “Clarenoe” and “Seventeen” In the first scene, when he Is trying shoes on the girl he loves. This Is delicious fun and done in Kelly’s best style. The success or failure of this comedy rests to a great extent upon Kelly. Miss Fairbanks is just the sweet, cute little dear she should be. Miss Valentine hasn’t so much to do, but my, oh, my, (delicate words) how this woman does put over the laughs with her wise remarks. Doyle rings the bell In every scene. He knows how to create a character for comedy purposes without overdoing the job. Fine work, excellent. The remainder of the cast have no trouble to do the work they are called upon to do. H. H. Frazee, the producer, and Dunn, the author, attended the open’ Ing last night. I have faith in the entertaining qualities of this comedy. I believe that it will grow rapidly and will be able to stand upon Its own feet. It opens Sunday in Chicago for a run. You probably will be sorry If you do not see Gregory Kelly In “A King for a Day.” At English’s today and Saturday. -|- -|. -|- Other attractions on view today Include: Aunt Jemima at Keith’s; Janet at the Lyric; "Breezy Times" at the Capitol; stock burlesque at the Broadway; modes and variety at the Lincoln Square; Call of the Wild’ ’at the Apollo; “Flaming Youth"

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at the Circle; “If Winter Comes” at the Ohio; "Counterfeit Love” at the Isis and "The Bad Man” at Mister Smith’s. -I- + -I'. Greenwich Village Follies Is Crammed Full of Good Things The Greenwich Village Follies, now on view at the Murat, is a beautiful

show. It is not spectacular, it is not blatant, it is not noisy, it is not a display of anatomy. It is easier to say what it is not than what it is, for it pleases without intruding itself unduly on the senses. There Is beautiful music in the Greenwich Village Follies, there are beautiful girls, there Is beautiful scenery, there are laughs and there Is everything else

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necessary to make an entirely satisfactory revue. There is no outstanding personality. Everybody plays his part adequately and blends the performance Into one perfect whole. It Is hard to tell where to begin In describing this particular follies. It would be impossible to undertake a discussion of the many scenes, twentyfour of them, lasting until nearly 11:30 o’clock. In the first place, there are a oouple of women in the show who can sing. They are Julia Silvers and Dorothy Neville. There are even more people who can dance. Including Carl Randall, who is leading man, If there Is such a thing In this show, Marjorie Peterson, Mazie Clifton and Billie De Rex, TJla Sharon, and Louis and Frieda Berkoff. That Is quite an aggregation for one show. Then there are those who are funny, which must again include Miss Clifton and Miss De Rex, In addition ■ to Ethel Davis, John Sheehan, Billie i Chase and George Christie. Now, as to the scenes. One of

the funniest Is a domestic comedy skit In which Ethel Davis plays the leading part. It ends with the husband shooting the wife, but the circumstances is prevented from being Unreal by the title, “They Never Do.” Jane and Katherine Lee, better known as the Lee kids, do a clever bit of acting ranging from the ridiculous to the tearful. Mazie Clifton and Billie De Rex are a scream with their comedy dance. One of the most beautiful things in the whole revue is a scene called “The Nightingale and the Rose,” adapted from the story by Oscar Wilde. This scene is filled with beauty and poetry, both of words and of motion. The dancing of Miss Peterson is a feature. “Life Among the Advertisements” gets back to comedy. Here we see our old friends from the pages

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